HUGE Louisiana sinkhole!!!! | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6139196 United States 10/09/2012 11:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not surprising when you look at the seismic chart at that time: [link to folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu] |
Earth Cries User ID: 1015394 United States 10/10/2012 08:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Gov’t experts now admitting “crude oil” is what’s in giant sinkhole, not diesel — Oil likely coming up side of salt dome [link to enenews.com] More info may come out later this morning. They had a briefing last night. Update: [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] Last Edited by Earth Cries on 10/10/2012 08:20 AM Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
Earth Cries User ID: 1015394 United States 10/10/2012 12:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oil ‘covering’ sinkhole area? (PHOTO) [link to enenews.com] Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 12487521 United States 10/10/2012 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Assumption Parish Waterworks has advised us that there is a main water line break along Highway 70. [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] |
alexisj9 User ID: 1376880 United Kingdom 10/10/2012 04:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Assumption Parish Waterworks has advised us that there is a main water line break along Highway 70. Quoting: Paa Tal [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] Oh no. |
Earth Cries User ID: 1009490 United States 10/10/2012 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | State Scientists: Crude oil may be penetrating aquifer around giant sinkhole — Contamination of aquifer is certainly being looked at… that’s all I can say (VIDEO) [link to enenews.com] Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
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Earth Cries User ID: 992115 United States 10/11/2012 09:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good morning, my friends. Not the least bit surprised at this: Louisiana: Oil Sheen Linked to 2010 BP Spill [link to www.nytimes.com] Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
Earth Cries User ID: 992115 United States 10/11/2012 09:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sinkhole Meeting: We don’t know how we’re going to stop crude oil from coming to surface — Turning to international experts for help (VIDEO) [link to enenews.com] Used to be the international companies would call in the experts from La and Texas, the best in the world. Red Adair and his company. Now the old timers are gone and things have gone to hell. Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 25366154 United States 10/11/2012 10:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | anne October 10, 2012 at 3:54 pm Log in to Reply Part of the commentary below Cracks and fissures are opening up on the sea floor over an area of several miles. A number of "pock marks" have appeared on the sea floor as far as 20 miles away from the original Macondo blow out. Oil and methane gas is escaping from areas that have never even been drilled. "Frighteningly, these fissures appear to be growing and connecting with each other. The methane pock marks are growing in size. Even worse, the weakened sea floor is being heaved up into a massive, fracturing, mound. A geological time bomb, previously locked away under miles of rock, has been disturbed. Evidence is pointing to the very grim possibility that a methane gas bubble, 15 to 20 miles in diameter, could indeed rupture the sea floor and escape with unimaginable violence. "John Kessler of Texas A & M University, said "This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern history". The oil contains 40% methane – much higher than the usual 5%. The USGS claims that 2,900 cubic feet of gas is accompanying each barrel of oil from the well – also much higher than usual…." [link to www.youtube.com] ,, October 10, 2012 at 4:39 pm Log in to Reply Here is a video as to the 100,000 psi under the gulf and talking about cracks on top of the gulf floor horendous gas explosion mt saint helens underwater that would blast out of the Gulf and Tidal waves 600 MPH across the Gulf [link to www.youtube.com] [link to www.youtube.com] |
Chidoflight User ID: 11707592 United States 10/11/2012 11:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Looks like something might have gotten temporarily out of hand! [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] I thought they were going to start the flaring tomorrow!Can anyone in the area advise? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14350080 United States 10/11/2012 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Looks like something might have gotten temporarily out of hand! Quoting: Chidoflight 11707592 [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] I thought they were going to start the flaring tomorrow!Can anyone in the area advise? Holy moly! From article: Hwy 70 was periodically closed earlier due to an unusual flare at Crosstex. An unusual flare? Can anyone explain what that is? |
Earth Cries User ID: 992115 United States 10/11/2012 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sinkhole gas flaring to begin, number of people suffering poisoning mounts [link to www.examiner.com] Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 12487521 United States 10/11/2012 11:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Looks like something might have gotten temporarily out of hand! Quoting: Chidoflight 11707592 [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] I thought they were going to start the flaring tomorrow!Can anyone in the area advise? Good find! Seems like it was an unexpected flare at the Butane storage....Hmmmmm! |
alexisj9 User ID: 1376880 United Kingdom 10/11/2012 11:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Looks like something might have gotten temporarily out of hand! Quoting: Chidoflight 11707592 [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] I thought they were going to start the flaring tomorrow!Can anyone in the area advise? Holy moly! From article: Hwy 70 was periodically closed earlier due to an unusual flare at Crosstex. An unusual flare? Can anyone explain what that is? Nevermind it was this Looks like something might have gotten temporarily out of hand! Quoting: Chidoflight 11707592 [link to assumptionla.wordpress.com] I thought they were going to start the flaring tomorrow!Can anyone in the area advise? Last Edited by alexisj9 on 10/11/2012 11:43 AM |
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Esoteric Morgan ...in awe of many things User ID: 3539589 United States 10/11/2012 01:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just like with the Macondo and Fukushima debacles, it seems that the entire approach to what is happening at Bayou Corne is largely a hit and miss conundrum. There ARE no precedents, so, there is no definitive way to handle something of this magnitude. The ironic, sad, and, perhaps criminally negligent part of all this, is that long before industry 'advanced' to the point where shit can and will hit the fan, the warnings were in place--just ignored, for, if heeded, industry would have had to abandon their money-making ventures altogether. So, here we have a very, very serious problem before us, one that is growing expotentially with each new facet of discovery in an ever-widening geographic area, all of which points to a very perilous situation that can never be corrected. Ever. And, with each new day, we will be hearing about some new technique that shall be tried--which will ultimately fail, and, some new report discounting that all of these things are in any way connected, or, as troublesome as we imagine. Meanwhile, domes are still being mined, chemicals are still being stored, prospective wells are still being drilled for while others continue to compromise the geological structure of the landmasses they are extracting from. "If it ain't broke don't fix it." Nothing will change until something really, really bad happens, that cannot be denied. Unfortunately, just as we've seen in the wake of the really, really bad and continuing debacles at both Fukushima and Macondo: even then, it still gets denied. If EVER something cataclysmic occurs in the region, I have this feeling that we will hear that some undetected meteor or weapon hit the region as the cause of the event. And, as we hurry to help the survivors, and, sort it all out, even then, behind the scenes, it will be business as usual. Of course, this is only my opinion. I REALLY needed to get this off my chest. Sorry. . Last Edited by esotericMorgan on 10/11/2012 01:08 PM -- TRUST THE PLAN -- .......WWG1WGA...... ____________________________ still in awe of many things |
Earth Cries User ID: 992115 United States 10/11/2012 01:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Gas pipeline found floating in giant sinkhole (PHOTOS) [link to enenews.com] Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
Earth Cries User ID: 992115 United States 10/11/2012 04:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Local Newspaper: Concern that BP’s fresh oil is coming from fractures in floor of Gulf [link to enenews.com] BP is coming back to haunt us big time. Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Yeats |
Esoteric Morgan ...in awe of many things User ID: 3539589 United States 10/11/2012 05:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Local Newspaper: Concern that BP’s fresh oil is coming from fractures in floor of Gulf Quoting: Earth Cries [link to enenews.com] BP is coming back to haunt us big time. From the article: "There have been concerns that..." is quite an understatement -- TRUST THE PLAN -- .......WWG1WGA...... ____________________________ still in awe of many things |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 25491481 United States 10/13/2012 12:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good info latest Thread: Independent sinkhole flyover catches crude oil stench |
dr.einstein User ID: 25192789 United States 10/13/2012 03:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Folks. don't lose sight of the fact that the sinkhole-and-cavern problem is only a small part of this whole thing. the fundamental problem with the "cavern" is that Texas Brine did not conform to established engineering standards when they were harvesting the brine from the cavern: they washed away too much of the salt structure from the sides of the cavern and thereby weakened the cavern structure to the point of causing collapse (which in turn puts the entire Napoleanville Salt Dome complex in jeopardy) the MOST HUGE part of the problem is that coincidentally with this salt dome fiasco, a deep reservoir of natural gas has decided to seep its way to the surface -- and it is this natural gas which coincidentally filled the Texas Brine "cavern". But! more importantly, all of this natural gas, which is leaking up from a reservoir deep in the earth's crust, is ALSO saturating all of the ground in southern louisiana -- and it is this "natural gas problem" that is the catastrophic component of the whole situation. |
dr.einstein User ID: 25192789 United States 10/13/2012 04:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So, yes, this is all of southern louisiana (including New Orleans) that is being threatened. threatened to the point of becoming totally uninhabitable because of this natural gas. |
Esoteric Morgan ...in awe of many things User ID: 3539589 United States 10/13/2012 04:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Folks. don't lose sight of the fact that the Quoting: dr.einstein sinkhole-and-cavern problem is only a small part of this whole thing. the fundamental problem with the "cavern" is that Texas Brine did not conform to established engineering standards when they were harvesting the brine from the cavern: they washed away too much of the salt structure from the sides of the cavern and thereby weakened the cavern structure to the point of causing collapse (which in turn puts the entire Napoleanville Salt Dome complex in jeopardy) the MOST HUGE part of the problem is that coincidentally with this salt dome fiasco, a deep reservoir of natural gas has decided to seep its way to the surface -- and it is this natural gas which coincidentally filled the Texas Brine "cavern". But! more importantly, all of this natural gas, which is leaking up from a reservoir deep in the earth's crust, is ALSO saturating all of the ground in southern louisiana -- and it is this "natural gas problem" that is the catastrophic component of the whole situation. Also, keep in mind the extensive geology of the entire area. Few people here have spoken about the Louann Salt basin, which extends into the gulf and up through a number of states, all of which sit ON TOP OF these deposits. Everything that I have read about this speaks of the questionable integrity of these salt deposits in the face of degradation from drilling breeches, land movement, and other factors. Imagine what happens once the salt washes away...you have holes. Not only do you have cavities and dome wall breeches, you have spaces where stored chemicals are not longer contained, and the reverse, where free methane and oil can come up to the surface from the strata below. This is like a ginormous, deep pan of many volatile substances under pressure, all looking to expand up and outwards until their pressure is relieved. But, if I am reading this correctly, it is THE LOUANN SALT which is first compromised here. As this deposit continues to dissolve away, the perilous situation expands exponentially. ==================== I have gathered a few maps and info, if anyone is interested. Last Edited by esotericMorgan on 10/13/2012 04:49 PM -- TRUST THE PLAN -- .......WWG1WGA...... ____________________________ still in awe of many things |
dr.einstein User ID: 25192789 United States 10/13/2012 05:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Folks. don't lose sight of the fact that the Quoting: dr.einstein sinkhole-and-cavern problem is only a small part of this whole thing. the fundamental problem with the "cavern" is that Texas Brine did not conform to established engineering standards when they were harvesting the brine from the cavern: they washed away too much of the salt structure from the sides of the cavern and thereby weakened the cavern structure to the point of causing collapse (which in turn puts the entire Napoleanville Salt Dome complex in jeopardy) the MOST HUGE part of the problem is that coincidentally with this salt dome fiasco, a deep reservoir of natural gas has decided to seep its way to the surface -- and it is this natural gas which coincidentally filled the Texas Brine "cavern". But! more importantly, all of this natural gas, which is leaking up from a reservoir deep in the earth's crust, is ALSO saturating all of the ground in southern louisiana -- and it is this "natural gas problem" that is the catastrophic component of the whole situation. Also, keep in mind the extensive geology of the entire area. Few people here have spoken about the Louann Salt basin, which extends into the gulf and up through a number of states, all of which sit ON TOP OF these deposits. Everything that I have read about this speaks of the questionable integrity of these salt deposits in the face of degradation from drilling breeches, land movement, and other factors. Imagine what happens once the salt washes away...you have holes. Not only do you have cavities and dome wall breeches, you have spaces where stored chemicals are not longer contained, and the reverse, where free methane and oil can come up to the surface from the strata below. This is like a ginormous, deep pan of many volatile substances under pressure, all looking to expand up and outwards until their pressure is relieved. But, if I am reading this correctly, it is THE LOUANN SALT which is first compromised here. As this deposit continues to dissolve away, the perilous situation expands exponentially. ==================== I have gathered a few maps and info, if anyone is interested. well, evacuating all of southern lousiana for the next 100 years, until the gas dissipates, is disaster enough for me. |
Esoteric Morgan ...in awe of many things User ID: 3539589 United States 10/13/2012 07:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Folks. don't lose sight of the fact that the Quoting: dr.einstein sinkhole-and-cavern problem is only a small part of this whole thing.... ...and it is this "natural gas problem" that is the catastrophic component of the whole situation. Also, keep in mind the extensive geology of the entire area. Few people here have spoken about the Louann Salt basin, which extends into the gulf and up through a number of states, all of which sit ON TOP OF these deposits... ... As this deposit continues to dissolve away, the perilous situation expands exponentially. ==================== I have gathered a few maps and info, if anyone is interested. well, evacuating all of southern lousiana for the next 100 years, until the gas dissipates, is disaster enough for me. I know what you mean. But, what would it take for such an order? I don't see it happening at this point; they aren't anywhere near declaring a widespread(ing) disaster area, even as the sinkhole(s) continues to spread...while new ones appear elsewhere. I've seen the failing trees, the water between stands which have yet to fall, roads 'dissolving' before our eyes, and, the pockets where people are getting sick. No one is going to order an evacuation unless some undeniable tragedy occurs, which manages to set off an alarm which will not turn off. -- TRUST THE PLAN -- .......WWG1WGA...... ____________________________ still in awe of many things |
dr.einstein User ID: 25192789 United States 10/13/2012 07:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, evacuating all of southern lousiana for the next 100 years, until the gas dissipates, is disaster enough for me. Quoting: dr.einstein I know what you mean. But, what would it take for such an order? I don't see it happening at this point; they aren't anywhere near declaring a widespread(ing) disaster area, even as the sinkhole(s) continues to spread...while new ones appear elsewhere. I've seen the failing trees, the water between stands which have yet to fall, roads 'dissolving' before our eyes, and, the pockets where people are getting sick. No one is going to order an evacuation unless some undeniable tragedy occurs, which manages to set off an alarm which will not turn off. well, keep in mind that i am talking about natural gas saturating ALL of the ground in southern louisiana. this catastrophe is just now getting started. and Bayou Corne just happens to be "ground zero". there is natural gas starting to percolate out of the ground all around Assumption Parish right now... so, maybe you can see how this thing might grow and grow until the natural gas engulfs all of southern louisiana (including New Orleans) (p.s. get your minds out of "sinkholes" for cry-sakes!) Last Edited by Prof. Einstein on 10/13/2012 07:24 PM |
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